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Wm B Richardson
1935
69
General Account
up with nets.
The Bella made a trip to Monday then to Grand River,
and up to Kalibana.
Weather: 6:00 - 8:00 dull overcast.
8:00 - 14:00 clear with occasional cloud.
14:02 14:00 storm & north.
16:00-20:00 overcast ad rain.
Nov 17 Bella R, 18km N Lake Kalibana, Netherlands New Guinea 22:00m.
198 more traps, 218 net traps, 29 stub traps.
1 Pleurogyal, 2 Melomya. The following brought in
by nature: 2 Melomya, 1 Pleurogyal, 1 Strongya, 2 Anisomya,
10 Pogenomya, 15 Melomya, 5 Strongya, 1 Hydromya
1 Proxoya, 5 Endromia.
Finished nets and rate today and nothing else. The
nature is still bringing in more material than I
can can fry.
The Bella did not make scheduled flight today because
of the weather.
Weather: 6:00 - 9:00 dull broken overcast.
9:00 - 12:00 broken cloud, long sprains.
12:00-20:00 overcast rain.
Nov 18 Bella R, 18km N Lake Kalibana, Netherlands New Guinea 22:00m.
198 more traps, 218 net traps, 29 stub traps -
1 Melomya. The following were brought in by nature: 1 Melomya,
6 Pleurogyal, 5 Proxoya, 59 Patten, 20 Melomya,
2 Pandochinas, 1 Dorymya, 1 Pleurogyal.
The morning was spent at the nets and
the remainder of the day preparing nets. Prepared
skills only of a quantity of material which had been
accumulating and which I had previously had no
opportunity to can fry.
The Bella made its flight to the Balm and to Kalibana
today.
Weather
6:00 - 12:00 clear.
12:00 - 20:00 overcast with rain.